A man stabbed a security guard to death and injured another guard after trying to steal merchandise from the Macy’s store in Center City, Philadelphia police said.
The ordeal began Monday around 10:45 a.m. at the Macy’s on 13th and Market streets. Police said an unidentified man was trying to steal hats from the store and was caught by security guards who took back the merchandise.
The suspect left the store and then returned 15 minutes later, stabbing one of the guards, a 30-year-old man, in the neck, police said. A second security guard, a 23-year-old man, tried to intervene and was stabbed in the face and arm, according to investigators.